Bob Enger

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Bob Enger
Biographical details
Bornc.1935
Playing career
1955–1956 UCLA
Position(s) Quarterback, linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1961 West Covina HS (CA)
1962–1964 Bell HS (CA)
1965–1966 East Los Angeles (backfield)
1967–1969East Los Angeles
1970 Cal State Los Angeles
1982–1983 Cantwell HS (CA)
1988–1990 Pierce
Head coaching record
Overall1–9 (college)
30–30 (junior college)
Tournaments2–1 (California JC large division playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Metropolitan Conference (1968)

Bob Enger is a former American football coach. He is served as the head football coach at East Los Angeles College from 1967 to 1969, California State University, Los Angeles in 1970, and Los Angeles Pierce College from 1988 to 1990.

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Enger played college football as a quarterback and linebacker at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under head coach Red Sanders. [1] In 1962, he became the head football coach at Bell High School in Bell, California after working as an assistant under Mel Easton at West Covina High School in West Covina, California. [2] He led his teams at Bell High School to a record of 18–7 in three seasons. Enger had a record of 21–9 in three seasons as head coach at East Los Angeles and guided his 1968 team to the California junior college large division championship game. [1] He was the head football coach at Cal State Los Angeles for a single season. His 1970 Cal State Los Angeles Diablos football team compiled a record of 1–9. Enger was succeeded by Foster Andersen. [3]

Enger was hired as the head football coach at Pierce in 1987 after the school had disbanded the football program for two years. [4] He led Pierce to a record of 9–21 in three seasons before he was succeeded by Bill Norton following the 1990 campaign. [5]

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Cal State Los Angeles Diablos (Pacific Coast Athletic Association)(1970)
1970 Cal State Los Angeles 1–90–47th
Cal State Los Angeles:1–90–4
Total:1–9

Junior college

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
East Los Angeles Huskies (Metropolitan Conference)(1967–1969)
1967 East Los Angeles3–62–57th
1968 East Los Angeles11–17–01stL California JC large division championship
1969 East Los Angeles7–23–2T–2nd
East Los Angeles:21–912–7
Pierce Brahmas (Western State Conference)(1988–1990)
1988 Pierce1–91–85th (Southern)
1989 Pierce4–63–6 / 3–24th (Southern)
1990 Pierce4–64–5 / 2–3T–3rd
Pierce:9–218–19
Total:30–30
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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